Miner&#39;s check-holder.



E. P. CONNELL.

MINERS CHECK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 21. 1916.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

ZZZZZZZL ZZ Inventor Witnesses Attorneys EDWARD r. CGNNELL, or HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB or, ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES I. MILLER AND ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES T. TAYLOR, BOTH OE HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

MINER/S CHECK-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. GONNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of Vest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Miners Check-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to hold upon a coal car a check of the sort commonly issued to miners, to indicate that they have mined or delivered a certain quantity of coal.

The invention aims to provide novel means for holding the check'in place against detachment until a load in the car has been dumped, and to provide novel means whereby the check'may bereleased, after the load has been dumped.

WVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a portion of a coal car carrying the device forming the subject matter of this application; Fig. 2 is a fragmental rear elevation showing a portion of the coal car whereunto the device forming the subject matter of this application has been attached; Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections, showing the check carrying plunger in different positions; Fig. 5 is a plan of the plunger.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a portion of a coal car to the outer surface ofwhich is applied a face plate 2 held in place by screws 3 or otherwise. The upper edge of the face plate 2 is equipped with an outstanding flange 4 j constituting a protection for certain parts of the structure to be described hereinafter. Formed integrally with or connected to the base plate 2 is a tube 5 whichprojeicts'rearwardly through the wall ,of the coal car 1.

Mounted for longitudinal reciprocation and for .rot fiiqt W th n the tube .5 is a plun- Specification of Letters Patentger 6 provided at its forward end with a turning head 7 the head 7 being supplied with an annular rim 8 coacting with the forward face of the plate 2, to limit the inward movement of the plunger. In the plunger 6 adjacent its forward end is formed a slot 9 adapted to receive a miners check (not shown). plunger 6 in the outer surfacethereof is a Patented. Dec. 19,1916.

Application filed February 21, 1916. Serial No. 79,694.

Extended longitudinally of the groove 10 which may open into the slot 9.

Uircumscribing the plunger 6 intermediate its ends is a groove 11 communicating with. the longitudinal groove 10. Circumscribing the plunger 6 adjacent its rear end is a groove 12, communicating with the longitudinal groove 10. Near to its rear end,

'the tube 5 is provided with an inwardly projecting pin or projection 14 adapted to traverse the grooves 10, 11 and 12, in a mannerto be pointed out hereinafter. In the rear end face of the plunger 6 there is formed a-recess 15 which may be of rectangular contour. Y

The numeral 16 designates a depending counterweight which maybe provided with a rectangular lug 17 registering in the recess15 to prevent independent movement between the counterweight 16 and the pluner 6. A screw 18 unites the counterweight 16 with the plunger 6. It will be underst'ood'that' any means other than those described may be employed for securing the weight 16 to the end of the plunger 6.

Let it be supposed that the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 3, a miners check (not shown) being'in the slot 9, the plunger 6 being retracted so that the slot 9 lies within the contour of the tube 5, and the rim 8 abutting against the plate 2 so as to dispose the pin or projection 14 on the tube 5 in the forward circumscribing groove 11 of the plunger. Since the longitudinal groove 10 is at the bottom of the plunger, and'since the pin 14 is engaged in the groove 11, it

will be obvious that the plunger 6 cannot If the car is'filled with coal, the'coal will lie about the depending weight 16 and prevent the plunger 6 from being rotated, and

because the plungercannot be tated, it

cannot be moved endwise, and consequently, the check (not shown) in the slot 9 cannot be taken out.

'After the coal in the car 1 has been dumped, the weight 16 is free. Thereupon, the plunger 6' may be rotated by means of the button 7 until the pin 14 is alined with the longitudinal groove 10. Then, the plunger 6 may be moved endwise into the position shown in Fig. i, the pin 14: being disposed opposite to the rear circumsciibing groove 12. The plunger 6 then may be rotated, the pin 14 traversing the groove 12, and by this operation, the slot 9 will be inverted, so as to dump out the check into the hand of the operator.

V hen the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 4, a check may be placed in the slot 9, the plunger 6 being slid inwardly, the pin 14 traversing the longitudinal groove 10,

the slot 9 moving within the contour of the tubes?) and the pin 14: arriving opposite to the forward circumscribing groove 11. Then the plunger 6 may be rotated by means of the head 7, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a tl'lbular support; and a plunger mounted to rotate and to move endwise in the support, the plunger being provided with a check slot, with a longitudinal groove alined with the mouth of the check slot, and with spaced forward and rear circumscribing grooves communicating with the longitudinal groove,

the support having a projection cooperating with the forward: groove to maintain the check slot within the support, and cooperating with the rear groove to maintain the check slot outside of the support; and a depending counterweight on the inner end of the plunger and independent of the support, the weight constituting means for rotating the plunger in the support, the longitudinal groove opening laterally in the same direction as the Weight projects.

2. In a device of the class described, a tubular support; and a plunger mounted to rotate and to move endwise in the support and of greater length than the support, the plunger being provided adjacent one end with a check slot, with a longitudinal groove, and with forward and rear spaced circumscribing grooves communicating with the longitudinal groove and located between the slot and the other end of the plunger, the support having a projection adapted to traverse all of the grooves, the projection cooperating with the forward groove to maintain the check slot within the support and cooperating with the rear groove to maintain the check slot outside of the support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' EDWARD P. CONNELL. Witnesses H. T. LOVETT, HELEN BLAISDELL.

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